Today’s Reading:
Ephesians 5
Be imitators of God in everything you do, for then you will represent your Father as his beloved sons and daughters. And continue to walk surrendered to the extravagant love of Christ, for he surrendered his life as a sacrifice for us. His great love for us was pleasing to God, like an aroma of adoration—a sweet healing fragrance.
Ephesians 5:1-2 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God of Truth say,
Be delighted in Me. Get your heart in sync with Me. Entrust your moments, your days and your future to Me. This is a partnership. Walk side-by-side with Me. Learn to be at ease as I Am at ease. I’m never stressed out, never anxious. I Am perfect love. I cast out all fear. Be so entwined with Me that no anxiety remains, that no tension in your body remains. Put all of your hope and confidence in Me. And be like Me. Know who you are and whose you are.
So be very careful how you live, not being like those with no understanding, but live honorably with true wisdom, for we are living in evil times. Take full advantage of every day as you spend your life for his purposes. And don’t live foolishly for then you will have discernment to fully understand God’s will.
Ephesians 5:15-17 TPT
Entrust your life to Me. Entrust your heart and your days to Me. Adventure is your portion. Rest is your portion. My grace is your portion and taking great ground in victory after victory is your portion. Forget whatever lies the enemy has told you. Squash them with My perfect truth. Demolish every thought that does not line up with My Word. These are days to be entwined as one with Me. These are days to know Me deeply and intimately as never before, because to know My character, to know My heart will mean that you understand and have great access to My immovability, My strength and My unshakeable, unchanging nature. I live in pure, unaffected confidence. I Am Lord of all. Whom or what shall you fear? You are hidden in Me through Christ Jesus.
Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light! And the supernatural fruits of his light will be seen in you—goodness, righteousness, and truth. Then you will learn to choose what is beautiful to our Lord.
Ephesians 5:8-10 TPT
Delay not your obedience. These are days we where alignments are very important. It’s important to be aligned with My purposes, aligned with Heaven, aligned with the right people and aligned in your position. Don’t wander off-course. These are days for great discipline. These are days for living simply and clearly with great focus. Get rid of the clutter that is crowding your field of vision. Just have before you that which I have called you to do. That is the position I need you to be set. That’s your position for this time. Don’t go chasing after other ideas, other projects or running to fill needs that I did not place on your heart. Do the work I have set in front of you. That’s the place where your vision is aligned with the future I have for you to move toward. Be in right position. Get your focus right. I need every man and woman properly positioned on the battlefield. I desire for every man and woman to be intimately entwined as one with Me, to know My heart and to sense and respond to the slightest of My moves.
How to Respond
- Ask the Lord to help you clear your field of vision and get properly aligned with Him.
- Pray, Lord I need Your guidance. I need to sense Your Presence. Help me to not cling to the way things are or to the way I like to operate. Help me to let all of that go to get in right alignment with You and Your purposes for me. Help me to clear out the clutter, so I can have clear vision for the future and move confidently side-by-side with You toward it.
- Declare, the Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1)
- Decree, I no longer agree with anxiety, fear, doubt or stress. They are from the enemy, not from the Lord. They are not my portion. Instead, I walk in bold confidence with the Lord my God. I am shedding and decluttering my field of vision, so I can walk with a clear vision toward the future the Lord has for me. I will be properly aligned in His purposes, and with Him I will experience victory after victory after victory.
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in years past:
2023: Exalt the Lord, For He Is Here
2022: Blood Is the Price
2021: Exalt the Lord, For He Is Here
